File:Winding river viewed from a hill, possibly the Bristol Avon RMG PW5906.jpg
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English: Winding river viewed from a hill, possibly the Bristol Avon The presence of a distant ship, apparently at anchor waiting for wind or tide, and cutters, which may be pilot vessels, show that this is a navigable river close to the sea. The obvious candidate in Pocock's work is the Avon near Bristol, perhaps looking north-west towards the Severn estuary from the rocky heights at the west end of the Clifton gorge. It is a reminder that, while Pocock was a marine painter, he also did landscape subjects throughout his life. In this drawing a spectacular view is offset by the figures and the wandering goat seen against skilfully rendered woodland. Unfortunately, as in so much of his watercolour work, this late example has been badly affected by exposure to light. This drawing is one of three dated 1814 (PAF5902, PAF5906 and PAF5907), which were purchased through Colnaghi's, with an earlier series of ten by Pocock of incidents in the life of Nelson, as lot 213 in a Sotheby's sale of 29 April 1935. Signed by the artist and dated in the lower left. Exhibited: NMM Pocock exhib. (1975) no. 62. |
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| Date | 1814 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Sheet: 280 x 378 mm; Mount: 405 mm x 558 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: D186. M2437-2447. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/100733 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Picture Department Petrel Project Number: M2441 id number: PAF5906 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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